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progenitornoun a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descentthe progenitors of today's Maya once ruled a mighty empire that stretched across much of Central America ancestor, father, forebear(also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, primogenitor antecessor, predecessor(archaic)ancestress, foremother, grandmother, matriarchgrandsire(archaic), patriarch, sire(archaic)ancestry, antecedents, roots descendant(also descendent) children, family, issue, lineage, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed, stockdaughter, heir, inheritor, scion, son, successor in the 14th century |